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Flawed Evidence and Hasty Execution Leads to ACLU and Innocence Project Lawsuit against Arkansas

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|Date: January 24, 2020
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Flawed Evidence and Hasty Execution Leads to ACLU and Innocence Project Lawsuit against Arkansas

By Maxwell C. Myrhum The shroud of uncertainty behind the execution of Ledell Lee has lead the American ...

By Maxwell C. Myrhum The shroud of uncertainty behind the execution of Ledell Lee has lead the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Innocence Project, and Arkansas lawyers to sue the State, intend ...

January 24, 2020
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Wrongly Convicted Inmate Now Suing CDCR after Being Stabbed by Another Inmate at Donovan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2020
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Wrongly Convicted Inmate Now Suing CDCR after Being Stabbed by Another Inmate at Donovan

He was once a rising star in the fashion design world, but in 2008, Anand Jon Alexander was convicted of ...

He was once a rising star in the fashion design world, but in 2008, Anand Jon Alexander was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and received a life sentence in prison. He is widely believe ...

January 20, 2020
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Arguments Submitted on SB 1437 and Special Circumstances in Halloween Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2020
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Arguments Submitted on SB 1437 and Special Circumstances in Halloween Case

Originally Judge Paul Richardson was going to move from criminal to family court, but late in December th ...

Originally Judge Paul Richardson was going to move from criminal to family court, but late in December that changed and so the 1437 case involving James Olague and Ernesto Arellano, two of the defenda ...

January 09, 2020
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My View: Reading Sacco-Vanzetti as a Wrongful Convictions Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2019
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My View: Reading Sacco-Vanzetti as a Wrongful Convictions Case

Over the holiday break, one of my books I am reading is the case of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1921. At the h ...

Over the holiday break, one of my books I am reading is the case of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1921. At the height of the red scare and following a series of high profile bombings, Nicola Sacco and Bartol ...

December 28, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 25 – Trische Duckworth and Survivors Speak

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 25 – Trische Duckworth and Survivors Speak

Trische Duckworth helped found Survivors Speak in February 2018. They have heavily focused on wrongful co ...

Trische Duckworth helped found Survivors Speak in February 2018. They have heavily focused on wrongful convictions due to Ms. Duckworth's work with the Vesey Family since 2014. As they explain: "We we ...

December 26, 2019
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Dev Hearing Postponed Again Until February as Both Sides Attempt to Get Translation of Prison Phone Conversations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2019
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Dev Hearing Postponed Again Until February as Both Sides Attempt to Get Translation of Prison Phone Conversations

It has been over a month since the last hearing on October 28 ended as the petitioner accused Deputy DA R ...

It has been over a month since the last hearing on October 28 ended as the petitioner accused Deputy DA Ryan Couzens of hiding the ball with the transcript – and it appears it will be some time longer ...

December 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why Don’t We Have a Sentence Review Unit?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Why Don’t We Have a Sentence Review Unit?

On Monday, Ajay Dev's case will be back in Judge Janene Beronio's Yolo County courtroom. As most who have ...

On Monday, Ajay Dev's case will be back in Judge Janene Beronio's Yolo County courtroom. As most who have read these pages for any length of time know, I have long believed that Ajay Dev was wrongly c ...

December 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Learning From the Past: Work in the 40s and 50s Should Have Taught about Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2019
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Learning From the Past: Work in the 40s and 50s Should Have Taught about Wrongful Convictions

In my reading, I happened upon the book, The Court of Last Resort, written by lawyer-turned-author Erle S ...

In my reading, I happened upon the book, The Court of Last Resort, written by lawyer-turned-author Erle Stanley Gardner – most notable as being author of the Perry Mason series. From the late 40s unti ...

December 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Prosecutors Can Right Past Wrongs—If Only the System Lets Them

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|Date: December 12, 2019
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Prosecutors Can Right Past Wrongs—If Only the System Lets Them

More prosecutors are trying to root out wrongful convictions and restore trust in the legal system. They’ ...

More prosecutors are trying to root out wrongful convictions and restore trust in the legal system. They’re meeting opposition on all sides. By Nina Morrison and Somil Trivedi Lamar Johnson, a 45-year ...

December 12, 2019
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Why Are Prosecutors Still Seeking to Execute People Who Have Innocence Claims and Untested DNA?

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|Date: November 24, 2019
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Why Are Prosecutors Still Seeking to Execute People Who Have Innocence Claims and Untested DNA?

In these last two months of 2019, one man has been executed and two others are facing execution despite c ...

In these last two months of 2019, one man has been executed and two others are facing execution despite claims that they can show they don’t belong on death row. By Lauren Gill On Nov. 15, Texas’s hig ...

November 24, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 20: George Powell – Bad Forensics Leads to Wrongful Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 20: George Powell – Bad Forensics Leads to Wrongful Conviction

From 2003 to 2008, George Powell III had been living in a town which had a large soldier presence and wor ...

From 2003 to 2008, George Powell III had been living in a town which had a large soldier presence and working on music. He appreciated the soldier population there but found the Killeen police mistrea ...

November 22, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Couzens Illustrates Win at All Costs Approach that Puts Innocent People at Risk of this District Attorney

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Couzens Illustrates Win at All Costs Approach that Puts Innocent People at Risk of this District Attorney

Analysis: Court Transcripts Show Mr. Couzens Setting Up the Ambush When Ryan J. Couzens, Deputy DA in Yol ...

Analysis: Court Transcripts Show Mr. Couzens Setting Up the Ambush When Ryan J. Couzens, Deputy DA in Yolo County, walked into court early Monday morning on the 28th of October, it seemed he had two p ...

November 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Everyday Justice Podcast Episode 19: David Thorne and a Murder for Hire That Wasn’t

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2019
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Everyday Justice Podcast Episode 19: David Thorne and a Murder for Hire That Wasn’t

David Thorne is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for allegedly hiring an acquain ...

David Thorne is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for allegedly hiring an acquaintance to kill the mother of his son – however, he never hired anyone nor did the acquaintance d ...

November 15, 2019
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Commentary: Zero Is the Number Freed by Conviction Integrity Units Here

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2019
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Commentary: Zero Is the Number Freed by Conviction Integrity Units Here

According to an article this week in the Washington Post, there are now 49 conviction review units in DA ...

According to an article this week in the Washington Post, there are now 49 conviction review units in DA offices across the US – most of those started in the last five years. The Washington Post on Tu ...

November 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Opposing Arguments Submitted As Judge Will Decide Constitutionality of SB 1437 in 2002 Halloween Homicide Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2019
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Opposing Arguments Submitted As Judge Will Decide Constitutionality of SB 1437 in 2002 Halloween Homicide Case

The petition for resentencing under SB 1437 for two of the men convicted in the 2002 double-murder known ...

The petition for resentencing under SB 1437 for two of the men convicted in the 2002 double-murder known as the Halloween Homicides has been reset for November 20. Deputy Public Defender Ron Johnson, ...

November 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 17: Tio Sessoms and His Fight for Exoneration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 17: Tio Sessoms and His Fight for Exoneration

Tio Dinero Sessoms was 19 years old when two Sacramento homicide detectives interrogated him about a dead ...

Tio Dinero Sessoms was 19 years old when two Sacramento homicide detectives interrogated him about a deadly home invasion he says he didn’t participate in. November 1999. He would be coerced into maki ...

November 05, 2019
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Reforming the Prosecution System: Addressing Wrongful Convictions and Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2019
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Reforming the Prosecution System: Addressing Wrongful Convictions and Mass Incarceration

By Danielle Silva The Vanguard hosted its 9th annual fundraiser event, featuring speakers who addressed h ...

By Danielle Silva The Vanguard hosted its 9th annual fundraiser event, featuring speakers who addressed how the prosecution system needs to be reformed. President of the National Lawyers’ Guild Elizab ...

October 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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A Numbers Game: CA Victim Compensation Board Denies Man Falsely Convicted for Decades $1 Million Claim

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|Date: October 23, 2019
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A Numbers Game: CA Victim Compensation Board Denies Man Falsely Convicted for Decades $1 Million Claim

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – In the end, it appears Maurice Caldwell is, an ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – In the end, it appears Maurice Caldwell is, and always has been, just a number. A bunch of them really. $1,049,160. That would be what the St ...

October 23, 2019
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Wrongful Convictions & Restorative Justice: What’s the Connection?

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|Date: October 16, 2019
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Wrongful Convictions & Restorative Justice: What’s the Connection?

By Lisa Rea and Jeffrey Deskovic Some think there is little connection between wrongful convictions and r ...

By Lisa Rea and Jeffrey Deskovic Some think there is little connection between wrongful convictions and restorative justice, but we have learned that the connection is direct. In this article, RJ4All ...

October 16, 2019
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Unanimous Support for Providing Housing Funds and Free Education to the Wrongfully Convicted

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 11, 2019
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Unanimous Support for Providing Housing Funds and Free Education to the Wrongfully Convicted

By Danielle Silva California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed Assembly Bills 701 and 703, increa ...

By Danielle Silva California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed Assembly Bills 701 and 703, increasing the support exonerees receive after leaving prison – bills that have received unanimous su ...

October 11, 2019
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